In a female non-smoking lung cancer cohort from Northeast China, a strong association between miR-146a rs2910164 CG or GG genotype and a lower lung cancer risk than the wild-type homozygous CC genotype was found, which might be due to reduced binding of SNP variants to its target gene tumor necrosis factor receptor-associated factor 6 (TRAF6; Yin et al., 2017). The gene discussed is TRAF6; the disease is lung carcinoma.